Mathematics

Measures of Position For Grouped Data

Quarter 4 – Module 2
 GROUP 3 Members:

Geliane Golosinda

Alexa Kasandra C.
Hilarzo
Demi Velasco

Geah Geolina
James Karl B. Labuen
Kim Dalisay
Leader
Rachell Alyssa Desierto
Measures of Position
For Grouped Data
(Quartile, Decile, Percentile and Percentile
Rank )
After going through this module, you are expected to:
 Calculates a specified measure of position (e.g. 90th percentile) of a
set of data.

Specifically, you will;

1. identify the values needed in solving the indicated
measure of position for grouped data.

2. find the value of the specified measures of position.

3. interpret the result of the specified quantile

Mr. Mel Santiago is the sales manager of JERRY’ S Bookstore. He has 40 sales staff members who visit
college professors all over the Philippines. Each Saturday morning, he requires his staff to send him a
report. This report includes, among other things, the number of professors visited during the previous
week. Listed below, ordered from smallest to largest, are the number of professors visited last week.

38 40 41 45 48 48 50 50 51 51
52
52 53 54 55 55 55 56 56 57 59
59
59 62 62 62 63 64 65 66 66 67
67
69 69 71 77 78 79 79
 Table: Number of
Professors
Class Tally Frequency Lower Cumulative
Interval Boundary Frequency
(LB) < cf

Step 1: Range = Highest – Lowest

73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40 Range = 79 – 38 = 41
66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36 Step 2: Class width/interval
= which can be rounded off to 7 (i = 7)
59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
Step 3: Starting with 38 and with i = 7, the classes are:
52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20 73-79 38-44, 45-51, 52-58, 59-65, 66-72, 73-79

45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10

38-44 III 3 37.5 3
 Measures of Position For Grouped Data

A. Quartile

Quartiles divide the distribution into four equal parts. In

computing the quartiles for grouped data, the formula below
is used:
Formula: Qk = LB + i

where:
LB = lower boundary of the Qk class
N = total frequency
cfb= cumulative frequency of the class before the Qk class
fQk = frequency of the Qk class
i = size of class interval
k = nth quartile, where n = 1, 2, and 3
 Example 1: Quartile for Grouped Data

Calculate the Q1, with the same problem in slide 5.

Class Tally Frequency Lower Cumulative

Q1 class: Interval Boundary (LB) Frequency
< cf
=
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
=10
4 59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
LB = 44.5 52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
cfb = 3 45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
fQ1 = 7 38-44 III 3 37.5 3
N = 40 cfb = 3
i=7 N = 40 fQ 1 = 7 LB = 44.5
i=7
 Example 1: Quartile for Grouped Data

Solution: Formula: Substitute:

Given:
Q1 = 44.5 +
𝐤𝐍
=𝟏𝟎
𝟒 Q1 = 44.5 +
QK = LB + i
LB = 44.5
cfb = 3
Q1 = 44.5 +

fQ1 = 7 Q1 = 44.5 +
N = 40
Q1 = 51.5 or 52
i=7
 Example : Quartile for Grouped Data

Calculate the Q3, with the same problem in slide 5.

Class Tally Frequency Lower Cumulative

Q3 class: Interval Boundary (LB) Frequency
< cf
=
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
=30
4 59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
LB = 65.5 52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
cfb = 29 45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
fQ3 = 7 38-44 III 3 37.5 3
N = 40
i=7 N = 40 fQ 3 = 7 LB = 65.5 cfb = 29
i=7
 Example 2: Quartile for Grouped Data

Solution: Formula: Substitute:

Given:
Q3 = 44.5 +
𝐤𝐍
=𝟑𝟎
𝟒 Q3 = 44.5 +
LB = 65.5
QK = LB + i
cfb = 29 Q3 = 44.5 +
fQ3 = 7
Q3 = 44.5 +
N = 40
Q3 =45.48 or 48.5
i=7
 B. Decile

Deciles are those values that divide the total frequency into 10 equal
parts. The kth decile is denoted by Dk is computed as follows:

Formula: Dk = LB + i

where:
LB = lower boundary of the Dk class
N = total frequency
cfb = cumulative frequency of the class before the Dk class
fDk = frequency of the Dk class
i = size of class interval
k = nth decile, where n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
 Example 1: Decile for Grouped Data

Calculate the D7, with the same problem in slide 5.

D7 class: Class Tally Frequency Lower Cumulative
Interval Boundary (LB) Frequency
< cf
=
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
=28
10 59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
LB = 58.5
45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
cfb = 20
fD7 = 9 38-44 III 3 37.5 3

N = 40 i=7 N = 40 fD7 = 9 LB = 58.5 cfb = 20

i=7
 Example 1: Decile for Grouped Data

Solution:
Given: Formula: Substitute:
𝐤𝐍 D7 = 58.5 +
=𝟐𝟖
𝟏𝟎 DK = LB + i
LB = 58.5 D7 = 58.5 +
cfb = 20 D7 = 58.5 +
fD7 = 9 D7 = 58.5 +
N = 40 D7 = 64.73 or
i=7 65
 Example 2: Decile for Grouped Data

Calculate the D10, with the same problem in slide 5.

D10 class: Class Tally Frequency Lower Cumulative
Interval Boundary (LB) Frequency
< cf
=
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
=40
10 59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
LB = 72.5
45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
cfb = 36
fD10 = 4 38-44 III 3 37.5 3

N = 40 i=7 N = 40 fD10 = 4 LB = 72.5 cfb = 36

i=7
 Example 2: Decile for Grouped Data

Solution:
Given: Formula: Substitute:
𝐤𝐍 D10 = 72.5 +
= 𝟒𝟎
𝟏𝟎
LB = 72.5
D10 = 72.5 +
DK = LB + i
cfb = 36 D10 = 72.5 +
fD10 = 4 D10 = 72.5 +
N = 40 D10 = 79.5 or 80
i=7
C. Where:

PERCENTILE
Percentiles are the ninety-nine score points which
divide a distribution into one hundred equal parts so
that each part represents of the data set. They are
LB = lower boundary of the PK class

used to characterize values according to the

percentage below them.
N = total frequency

The kth percentile, denoted by Pk, is computed as cfb= cumulative frequency of the class
follows: before the PK class

fPk = frequency of the PK class

Formula: PK = LB + i
i = size of class interval

k = nth percentile, where n = 1, 2, 3,

…, 97, 98, and 99
 Example 1: Percentile for Grouped Data

Calculate the P30, with the same problem in slide 5.

P30 class:
Class Tally Frequenc Lower Cumulative
= Interval y Boundary Frequency
(LB) < cf
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁
=12 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
100
59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
LB = 51.5 45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
cfb = 10 38-44 III 3 37.5 3
fp30 = 10 i=7 N = 40 fp30 = 10 LB = 51.5 cfb = 10
N = 40
i=7
 Example 1: Percentile for Grouped Data
Solution:
Given: Formula: Substitute:
𝐤𝐍
𝟏𝟎𝟎
=𝟏𝟐 P30 = 51.5 +

LB = 51.5 PK = LB + i P30 = 51.5 +

cfb = 10
P30 = 51.5 +
fp30 = 10
P30 = 51.5 +
N = 40 P30 = 52.9 or 53
i=7
 Example 2: Percentile for Grouped Data

Calculate the P75, with the same problem in slide 5.

P75 class:
Class Tally Frequenc Lower Cumulative
= Interval y Boundary Frequency
(LB) < cf
73-79 IIII 4 72.5 40
𝑘𝑁
=30 66-72 IIIIIII 7 65.5 36
100
59-65 IIIIIIIII 9 58.5 29
52-58 IIIIIIIIII 10 51.5 20
LB = 65.5 45-51 IIIIIII 7 44.5 10
cfb = 29 38-44 III 3 37.5 3
fp75 = 7 i=7 N = 40 fp75 = 7 LB = 65.5 cfb = 29
N = 40
i=7
 Example 2: Percentile for Grouped Data
Solution:
Given: Formula: Substitute:
P75 = 65.5 +
𝐤𝐍
=𝟑𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
P75 = 65.5 +
LB =65.5
PK = LB + i
P75 = 65.5 +
cfb = 29
P75 = 65.5 +
fp75 = 7
P75 = 66.48
N = 40

i=7
Measures of Position For
Grouped Data

Quartile
Decile
Percentile
Percentile Rank
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